The Belief Audit

Most of the rules you live by, you never actually agreed to.

Write ten things you believe about yourself. For each one, trace where it actually came from: a parent, an ex, a church, a bully, a headline, a story you told yourself once and never questioned again. You're not trying to decide yet whether the belief is true. Just trace the source.

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Something you were told about yourself as a kid that stuck
Something you believe about your body: what it's allowed to look like, want, or take up
Something you believe about whether you're lovable, or how much love you're allowed to ask for
A rule about work or success you follow but never actually chose
Something your family believed that you quietly absorbed as fact
Something you believe about being gay or queer that you've never said out loud
Something you'd never say out loud but privately believe about yourself

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